I Was Considering Active, Then I Watched This ...

That links the A500 the A700 are different you can't interchange them.  I've been researching them and the Genelec 8351b. The Buchardt are more consumer friendly which might influence some people, it doesn't really matter to me I'm looking for the best sounding and easiest to integrate within a certain price range. Genelec has their own room correction with the GLM add on. If I had unlimited funds and a larger room I'd look at the Kii3 with BXT. 

Even with actives it's good to get the best FR , to me that's the flattest, with placement and acoustic treatment before using room correction. My room isn't that bad I've only used a few filters below 200hz on passives and actives I've had. 

djones51 -  the A500 the A700 are different you can't interchange them

Gee, I didn't pick-up on that, thanks for pointing it out.

When I was looking at the tunnings it mentioned do not use on the A500. 

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No one talks about ABx for speakers because the sonic character is generally enough to easily match x to A or B. Of course AB speaker comparison is very difficult due to movement and positioning issues and accurate volume matching in room without suitable tools or experience. It's almost silly bringing up.

Also silly is to use Legacy as an example, not the most accurate speakers at the best of time and no guarantee that the passive or the active versions are optimum and doubtful Legacy had the knowledge or experience to optimize an active crossover or if DSP, the ADC to be transparent.

The best would be to compare equal priced speakers considered state of the art in both genres and then compare the sound to very neutral headphones as the goal is not to determine what you "like" but what is most accurate. We are not judging flavor here but accuracy.